It is increasingly handling specialist work concerning data aggregation, and is advising the British Library on plans to digitise its entire newspaper and sound recordings archive.
Chambers & Partners, 2010
We are currently advising a wide range of clients on securing data assets, identifying and enforcing rights, and buying and selling data-rich businesses.
More specifically, we advise on:
- Intellectual Property issues (for example, arising out of data aggregation, digitisation or web scraping)
- Licensing and data subscription agreements
- Data protection
- The Freedom of Information Act and Environmental Information Regulations
- Public Sector Information and the Re-use of PSI Regulations
- Competition law issues
- Joint ventures and M&A transactions involving data businesses
The firm is an Associate Member of the Data Publishers Association (DPA) - many of whose members it advises. Partner Peter Wienand is Deputy Chair of the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information (APPSI), which advises Government Ministers on how to encourage and create opportunities in the information industry for greater re-use of public sector information.
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